Will fire works scare my chickens?

[cluckmecoop7]

My neighborhood is going to be setting off fire works this evening. I am wondering if it will scare my chickens (and my rabbit)? The chickens are about 300 feet away from where we will be doing it. Thanks!

 

[Cebarmlds]

Yes if they aren't used to loud noises, maybe run a fan or a radio to muffle the sounds. It's been too hot to close up the windows.

 

[WallyG74]

Agreed. It all depends on what they are used to. I shot a snake right outside my run yesterday and the chickens didn’t seem to be bothered at all.

 

[K0k0shka]

You can noise train chickens so they won’t be afraid of loud sounds. Too late for this year’s fireworks, but maybe in the future. You can run loud machines like lawn mowers first far away, then progressively closer and closer, so the chickens get accustomed to the sounds and see that there’s no danger. My chickens ended up accidentally noise trained, because I brooded them indoors, and my young children are LOUD Then I built the run while the chicks were already outside watching me, and they didn’t mind the power tools. They don’t run from the lawn mower either. We’ve been having people setting off fire crackers and other fireworks on our street day and night and the chickens don’t care.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Thank you everyone for the responses! I've been trimming my pine trees and moving the branches with two loud lawn mowers so hopefully that will help them.

 

[Cebarmlds]

Agreed. It all depends on what they are used to. I shot a snake right outside my run yesterday and the chickens didn’t seem to be bothered at all.

How was the snake?

 

[cluckmecoop7]

How was the snake?

They ate it!?

 

[rosemarythyme]

The rabbit will probably be a lot more fearful than the chickens.

Fireworks were bad enough one year that one of my chooks laid a soft egg off the roost, but they haven't had issues since.

My male dog is a complete wreck and is going to spend the weekend drugged.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Fireworks have been going off in my hood for over a month.

I have been getting a lot of body checked eggs......

At first my dogs were ok...maybe a head lift but no freak out. Now......my little Pitsky yells every time they set one off. I think she is telling them off. The dogs are indoors so my house is loud now.

I have "awesome" neighbors. Most years it starts the end of May and goes through September with bonus shows on Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and new years. For some reason we don't get them at Easter.

 

[K0k0shka]

Fireworks have been going off in my hood for over a month.

Lucky you - we’re on month 3... Every damn night, and afternoons, too! At least I don’t have a dog or a rabbit. The chickens and the cat don’t care.